Thanks in part to ethanol demands, Michigan farmers have seen corn prices more than double over the past year and for that reason, they hope to cash in on what's otherwise been this area's second best crop.

According to the state's 2002 Census of Agriculture, soybeans are the top crop in both Lapeer and St. Clair counties.

"The increase in corn production and acres planted should be around 10-15 percent and I would expect it to come at the expense of soybeans," said Phil Kaatz of the Michigan State University Extension.